Garrett Riley Bio

[cousin oliver]

Garrett Riley joined the TCU football program in December 2021 as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Riley served the previous two seasons under Sonny Dykes at SMU, where he guided one of the nation's most prolific offenses. Riley coached quarterbacks Shane Buechele and Tanner Mordecai to postseason honors. Buechele was selected to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl and Hula Bowl before signing with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Riley was named to the AFCA 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute.
 
Prior to his time at SMU, Riley spent the 2019 season as running backs coach at Appalachian State. The Mountaineers went 13-1, including a Sun Belt Conference Championship and a win over UAB in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Riley mentored Darrynton Evans to Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year honors after totaling 1,740 all-purpose yards, including 1,250 rushing and 20 touchdowns. Evans was a third-round selection by the Tennessee Titans in the 2020 NFL Draft.
 
Before Appalachian State, Riley spent three seasons (2016-18) at Kansas in various capacities.
 
From 2013-15, Riley worked with the offense at East Carolina. He was the outside receivers coach in 2015, when Zay Jones caught 98 passes for 1,009 yards en route to setting the NCAA FBS career record with 399 receptions. Jones was selected 37th overall by the Buffalo Bills in the 2017 NFL Draft.
 
Riley got his start in the collegiate ranks in 2012 as running backs coach at Augustana College (Ill.). Prior to that, he was a quarterbacks and passing game assistant at Roosevelt High School in Lubbock in 2011.
 
A 2012 graduate of Texas Tech with a degree in general business, Riley played for the Red Raiders in 2008 and 2009 before transferring to Stephen F. Austin for the 2010 season. Riley saw action in 11 games for the Lumberjacks, leading them to a Southland Conference Championship and 9-3 record.
 
Riley and his wife, Lindsay, have two sons: Gibson and Greyson.

Edited December 13, 2022 by cousin oliver

[p_phelps]

I see he's won at every stop

[meaniegreenie]

56 minutes ago, p_phelps said:

I see he's won at every stop

Not quite, but he was only doing "various capacities", so not a lot of blame on him.

From wikipedia: "Before Appalachian State, Riley spent three seasons (2016-18) at Kansas in various capacities."